Earlier this week we attended the New York premiere of “Assassination Nation” at Metrograph.
Written and Directed by Sam Levinson, Assassination Nation stars four girls, Odessa Young as Lily Colson, Suki Waterhouse as Sarah, Hari Nef as Bex and Abra as Em. The lives of these four girls change when their towns’ texting data is leaked by a mysterious hacker and everyone goes on a killing spree. The film has many twists and turns, but one thing is certain – you won’t be able to guess who did it. The film is as enthralling as it is scandalous. Check out what the cast had to say about their experience on set.
Odessa Young
The Knockturnal: What drew you to the role of the main character Lily?
Odessa Young: The role itself was self-explanatory. It was this girl who had been put into the world as someone who had so much pressure on her to be something and she didn’t deserve that pressure. In terms of the movie itself, it didn’t judge its characters.
The Knockturnal: What was your favorite scene to film?
Odessa Young: I loved all the stuff when it was the four of us hanging out. We improvised so much. There was never not a Spice Girls song playing.
Hari Nef
The Knockturnal: What drew you to your character?
Hari Nef: She’s the girl I wanted to be in high school, so it was kind of a fantasy to bring her to life. I look up to her while I also felt like I wanted to protect her.
The Knockturnal: What was your favorite scene to film?
Hari Nef: Probably the scenes where we’re lying around talking sh*t, those were the most fun.
Noah Galvin
The Knockturnal: You are hilarious on The Real O’Neals, can you talk about the transition from comedic roles to more serious ones?
Noah Galvin: It was a shift, but I think as a comedic actor, I couldn’t help but bring a little comedy to the role and I think this movie is tonally, kind of a dark comedy. I think it was intentionally and initially written as satire and once Sam had seen what he had shot, he was like this is far too real to be satire.
The Knockturnal: What was your favorite scene to film?
Noah Galvin: I have a scene where I may or may not be tortured and it was a lot of fun and there wasn’t a lot of movie magic involved either, it’s pretty real.
The Knockturnal: Can you talk about the next film you’re working on called Booksmart?
Booksmart is a light-hearted, lovely teen comedy directed by Olivia Wilde, written by Katie Silberman. It’s the first movie she’s directed, I love her so much.
A fun party followed at Sweet & Vicious. The film is now playing.
